Science is based on avoidance of the "Its not even wrong!" problem. That's what operational definitions are for. They are necessary so you can perform experiments. If you don't like an operational definition then you need to say why.
On Wed, Jul 3, 2013 at 9:10 PM, Eric Walker <[email protected]> wrote: > On Wed, Jul 3, 2013 at 4:01 PM, James Bowery <[email protected]> wrote: > > Artificial Intelligence is a field that has requires a rigorous definition >> of intelligence. >> > > Doesn't a formal definition of intelligence risk placing unwarranted > bounds upon a complex, multifaceted phenomenon, effectively reducing it to > a set of tasks a computer can do? It seems to me that this runs the risk > of assuming the answer when trying to investigate the question of whether > artificial intelligence is possible. > > Eric > >
